Gas-producer.



R. L`. MORGAN.. GAS PRODUCER,- APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 7, 1905.

Patented-001320, 1908.

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GAS PRODUCER.

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RALPH L. MORGAN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAS-PRODUCER.

To allA whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH L. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth' ofMassachusetts; have in vented a new and useful Improvement inGas-Producers, of .which the following is a 'specifigatiom accompaniedby drawings forming a part -of the same, in which- Figure 1 represents acentral vertical sec tional view ofthe lower portion of a gasproducerembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the fuelagitatingblades, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3 3,Eig. 2. y

The objects of my invention are to provide means' for agitating the massof fuel in the gas producing chamber, whereby the ymass of `fuel isrendered homogeneous in the zone of combustion, and the formation of airiues or pipes is prevented; to regu- 4late the discharge of ashes fromthe gas producing chamber; to provide means for water sealing the lowerend of the gas producing chamber; to control the distribution of air tothe fuel; to provide means for actuating the operative parts of themechanism and in general to increase theefiiciency of the gas producerboth as relates to quantity and quality of the product; and I accomplishthese objects by the construction and arrangement of parts ashereinafter described and pointed out in the annexed claims.

, Referring to the accompanying drawings 1 denotes the -gas producingchamber inelosed within walls 2 and provided at its lower end with ahopper shaped extension 3 terminating in a spout 4, through which theashes are delivered from the gas producing chamber. The inclosing walls2 and hopper 3 are supported upon legs 5, 5, resting upon a horizontalframework 6 which is supported upon masonry 7 in which is formed an ashpit 8 haviig converging sides 9, .9. Journaled in a bearing 10 supportedby the framework 6 is a hollow rotating spindle 11 carrying near itslower end an annular gear 12 in mesh with a pinion 13 upon a rotatingshaft 14. Attached to the spindley 11 and above the bearing 10 is, a.water pan 15 with vits upper edge 16 some distance 'above the lower end17 of the spout 4. Water is supplied to the pan 15, through a water pi e18, thereby water sealing the spout 4.' T e upper end of the hollowrotat- Specification of Letters Patent. i Application :nea August 7,1905. .serial No. 212,962.

-Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

ing spindle 11 is provided with a cone shaped cup 19, from diametricallyopposite sides of which extend blades 20, 2O,A which are rotated in thedirection of the arrows 21, 21, Fig. 2. Each of the blades 20, 20,consists of an Yoblique section 22 on the advancing side of the blade,and with a narrow dependl ing lip 23 on the retreating side of theblade. its the blades 2O are rotated in the direction of the arrows 21,21, through the mass of incandescent fuel, the fuel is lifted verftically by the oblique section 22 of the blade, and as the blade passesthe fuel falls downward over the depending lip 23.

The agitationof the fuel by the revolving blades 2() breaks up anymasses which may be formed by the coking of the coal, fills up any fluesor pipes formed in the mass of fuel, and renders the entire mass of'fuel homogeneous, causing a' uniform. combus tion 'to be maintained t:rougliout the gas producing (chamber.

A blast of steam or air is admitted under pressure through. a pipe 2&1to the lower end of a hollow rotating spindle 11 which is discharged tothe upper end ofthe spindle through openings 25, 26. The air escapingthrough the openings 26 is admitted directly beneath the under side ofthe blades 20 which, passing radially outward, escapes into the mass offuel around the lower edge 27-of the depending lip 23,' where it is ad-.initted into the mass of falling fuel'a's it falls over the'retreatingedge of the rotating blades, thereby admitting a supply of oxygen tolthe disturbed fuel immediately at the rear of the rotating blades. Bythis distribution ofthe air around the edge of the depending lip 23, thecombustion offuel is restored which may have been partially checked bythe agitation of the blades 20, 20. 'The ashes formed by the combustionof fuel Adescends through the hopper 3 and spout 4 into the water panv15 and, overflowing the vwater pan, descends into the ash pit 8 fromthe bottom or apex of which they may be removed by any convenientmethod, such for example, as a traveling chain or'rope 28 carrying atintervals` disks 29.

"lhe gears 12 and 13 are protected by a cover 39. The flow of ashes fromthe hopper 3 into the water pan15 is regulated by a telescopic sleeve 31inclosing the spout 4 vand suspended upon chains 32 which are attachedto the top of the sleeve 31 and fastened to-pins 33 by which the sleeve31 is verticallyadjusted, being lowered to check the flow 'of ashes intothe pan l5.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. The combination with a combustion -chamben'of a rotating spindlecoaxial with -said chamber, and a radial blade carried by v saidspindle, said blade consisting of an oblique section onits advancingside and a narrow depending lip on the retreatingside of the blade.

2. In a gas producer, the combination with an ash receptacle, ofa'rotating spindle extending above said ash receptacle, a blade carriedby said spindle approximately at right angles thereto, said bladeprovided with a flange depending from the blade at an oblique anglethereto upon its forward side and a vertical depending {iange upon therear side of said blade, and [means for rotating said spindle. Y

3. In a gas producer, the combination with a combustion chamber, of arotating r vertical spindle extending into the zone of combustion 1nsaid chamber, and an .1nf verted trough shaped blade carried by saidspindle approximately horizontal and transverse to said chamber, wherebythe incandescent coal in said chamber'is given a vr.

tical movement as the blade rotates. 4. In a gas producer, thecombination with a combustion chamber, of a hollow vertical rotatingspindle extending into thev 5. In a gas producer, the combination with acombustion chambenof a rotating vertical hollow spindle extending intothe zone of combustion having openlngs at its top for the escape ofair,.a hood carried by said spindle arranged to cause the horizontalmovement of the air from said'spindle, and an approximately horizontalblade carried by said hood and extending from its periphery transverselythrough the incandescent coal in said chamber. 'd

Dated this 31st day of July 1905.

RALPH L. MORGAN.

